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love   of   La�察  �the   woman�察  �and   for   this   he   should   die   horribly   with   great 

anguish。 

     The    march     of  La   and   her  priests   was   not   without    its  adventures。 

Unused were these to the ways of the jungle�察�since seldom did any venture 

forth    from    behind     Opar's    crumbling      walls�察  �yet   their   very   numbers 

protected   them  and   so  they  came   without   fatalities   far   along   the   trail   of 

Tarzan and Werper。         Three great apes accompanied them and to these was 

delegated the business of tracking the quarry�察�a feat beyond the senses of 

the   Oparians。     La   commanded。         She   arranged   the   order   of   march�察  �she 

selected the camps�察�she set the hour for halting and the hour for resuming 

and though she was inexperienced in such matters�察�her native intelligence 

was so far above that of the men or the apes that she did better than they 

could   have   done。   She   was   a   hard   taskmaster�察  �too�察  �for   she   looked   down 

with loathing and contempt upon the misshapen creatures amongst which 

cruel   Fate   had   thrown   her   and   to    some    extent   vented   upon   them   her 

dissatisfaction and her thwarted love。            She made them build her a strong 

protection   and shelter  each night   and   keep   a great   fire  burning   before   it 

from dusk to dawn。          When she tired of walking they were forced to carry 

her upon an improvised litter�察�nor did one dare to question her authority or 

her right to such services。        In fact they did not question either。           To them 

she was a goddess and each loved her and each hoped that he would be 

chosen as her mate�察�so they slaved for her and bore the stinging lash of her 



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displeasure   and   the   habitually   haughty   disdain   of   her   manner   without   a 

murmur。 

     For many   days they  marched�察�the   apes following the trail   easily  and 

going   a   little   distance   ahead   of   the   body  of   the   caravan   that   they   might 

warn the others of impending danger。              It was during a noonday halt while 

all   were   lying   resting   after   a   tiresome   march   that   one   of   the   apes   rose 

suddenly   and      sniffed    the  breeze。    In   a  low    guttural   he  cautioned     the 

others to silence and a moment later was swinging quietly up wind into the 

jungle。     La   and   the   priests   gathered   silently   together�察  �the   hideous   little 

men fingering their knives and   bludgeons�察 �and   awaited the  return   of the 

shaggy anthropoid。 

     Nor had they long to wait before they saw him emerge from a leafy 

thicket and approach them。           Straight to La he came and in the language of 

the great apes which was also the language of decadent Opar he addressed 

her。 

     ;The   great     Tarmangani   lies     asleep   there�察─  �he   said�察  �pointing   in  the 

direction from which he had just come。 ;Come and we can kill him。; 

     ;Do   not   kill   him�察─  �commanded   La   in   cold   tones。   ;Bring   the   great 

Tarmangani to me alive and unhurt。 The vengeance is La's。                    Go�察�but make 

no sound� ─�and she waved her hands to include all her followers。 

     Cautiously the weird party crept through the jungle in the wake of the 

great   ape   until   at   last   he   halted   them   with   a   raised   hand   and   pointed 

upward and a little ahead。          There they saw the giant form of the ape´man 

stretched along a low bough and even in sleep one hand grasped a stout 

limb and one strong�察�brown leg reached out and overlapped another。                         At 

ease   lay   Tarzan   of   the   Apes�察  �sleeping   heavily   upon   a   full   stomach   and 

dreaming of Numa�察�the lion�察�and Horta�察�the boar�察�and other creatures of the 

jungle。     No   intimation   of   danger   assailed   the   dormant   faculties   of   the 

ape´manhe saw no crouching hairy figures upon the ground beneath him 

nor the three apes that swung quietly into the              tree beside him。 

     The first intimation of danger that came to Tarzan was the impact of 

three   bodies   as   the   three   apes   leaped   upon   him   and   hurled   him   to   the 

ground�察�where he alighted half stunned beneath their combined weight and 

was immediately set upon by the fifty hairy men or as many of them as 



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could swarm upon his person。             Instantly the ape´man became the center 

of a whirling�察�striking�察�biting maelstrom of horror。              He fought nobly but 

the odds against him were too great。             Slowly they overcame him though 

there was scarce one of them that did not feel the weight of his mighty fist 

or the rending of his fangs。 



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                         Condemned To Torture and Death 

       La had followed her company and when she saw them clawing and 

biting at Tarzan�察�she raised her voice and cautioned them not to kill him。 

She saw that he was weakening and that soon the greater numbers would 

prevail    over  him�察  �nor  had   she   long  to  wait   before   the  mighty   jungle 

creature lay helpless and bound at her feet。 

     ;Bring   him   to   the   place   at   which   we   stopped�察─  �she   commanded   and 

they carried Tarzan back to the little clearing and threw him down beneath 

a tree。 

     ;Build   me   a   shelter� ─  �ordered   La。 ;We   shall   stop   here   tonight   and 

tomorrow in the face of the Flaming God�察�La will offer up the heart of this 

defiler of the temple。 Where is the sacred knife�拭         �Who took it from him�拭─�

    But no one had seen it and each was positive in his assurance that the 

sacrificial weapon had not been upon Tarzan's person when they captured 

him。      The     ape´man     looked     upon    the   menacing      creatures    which 

surrounded him and snarled his defiance。           He looked upon La and smiled。 

In the face of death he was unafraid。 

     ;Where is the knife�拭─�La asked him。 

     ;I do not know�察─�replied Tarzan。         ;The man took it with him when he 

slipped away during the night。         Since you are so desirous for its return I 

would look for him and get it back for you�察�did you not hold me prisoner�察�

but now  that   I am  to   die I   cannot get it back。     Of   what good   was   your 

knife�察�anyway�拭      �You can make another。 Did you follow us all this way for 

nothing more than a knife�拭         �Let me go and find him and I will bring it 

back to you。; 

     La laughed a bitter laugh�察�for in her heart she knew that Tarzan's sin 

was greater than the purloining of the sacrificial knife of Opar�察�yet as she 

looked at him lying bound and helpless before her�察�tears rose to her eyes 

so that she had to turn away to hide them�察�but she remained inflexible in 

her determination to make him pay in frightful suffering and in eventual 

death for daring to spurn the love of La。 

    When the shelter was completed La had Tarzan transferred to it。                ;All 



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night   I   shall   torture   him�察─  �she   muttered   to   her   priests�察   �and   at   the   first 

streak   of   dawn   you   may  prepare   the   flaming   altar   upon   which   his   heart 

shall be offered up to the Flaming God。 Gather wood well filled with pitch�察�

lay it in the form and size of the altar at Opar in the center of the clearing 

that   the   Flaming     God    may    look    down    upon    our   handiwork      and    be 

pleased。; 

     During the balance of the day the priests of Opar were busy erecting 

an altar in the center of the clearing�察�and while they worked they chanted 

weird   hymns   in   the   ancient   tongue   of   that   lost   continent   that   lies   at   the 

bottom of the Atlantic。         They knew not the meanings of the words they 

mouthed�察  �they   but   repeated   the   ritual   that   had   been   handed   down   from 

preceptor to neophyte since that long´gone day when the ancestors of the 

Piltdown   man   still   swung   by   their   tails   in   the   humid   jungles   that   are 

England now。 

     And in the shelter of the hut�察�La paced to and fro beside the stoic ape´ 

man。     Resigned   to   his   fate   was   Tarzan。     No   hope   of   succor   gleamed 

through the dead black of the death sentence hanging over him。                    He knew 

that   his   giant   muscles   could   not   part   the   many   strands   that   bound   his 

wrists and ankles�察�for he had strained often�察�but ineffectually for release。 

He had no hope of outside help and only enemies surrounded him within 

the camp�察�and yet he smiled at La as she paced nervously back and forth 

the length of the shelter。 

     And La�拭      �She fingered her knife and looked down upon her captive。 

She glared and muttered but she did not strike。                ;Tonight� ─�she thought。 

;Tonight�察�when it is dark I will torture him。; She looked upon his perfect�察�

godlike figure and upon his handsome�察�smiling face and then she steeled 

her heart again by thoughts of her love spurned�察�by religious thoughts that 

damned the infidel who had desecrated the holy of holies�察�who had taken 

from the blood´stained altar of Opar the offering to the Flaming Godand 

not once but thrice。 Three times had Tarzan cheated the god of her fathers。 

At the thought La paused and knelt

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